⚠The content of this page consists entirely of mirrored show-through (ghosting) from the title page printed on the reverse side of the leaf.

original: "Aelia Laelia Crispis"

AELIA LAELIA

CRISPIS Aelia Laelia Crispis is the name of a famous, enigmatic Latin inscription found in Bologna. For centuries, it was considered one of the world's great unsolved riddles, prompting various legal, alchemical, and theological interpretations.

NOT BORN, RISING AGAIN

In a Legal Interpretation

By COUNT CARLO CESARE MALVASIA

Malvasia (1616–1693) was a significant Bolognese nobleman, legal scholar, and art historian, best known for his biographies of Baroque painters.

Doctor of both Civil and Canon Law and Doctor of the Sacred Scriptures, Member of the College,

as well as in the Local University The Archiginnasio of Bologna, one of the oldest universities in the world. during the evening hours,

PRIMARY ORDINARY INTERPRETER OF THE LAWS.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS MAN

LORD

JEAN-BAPTISTE

COLBERT Colbert (1619–1683) served as the Minister of Finances of France under King Louis XIV and was a famed patron of the arts and sciences.

DEDICATED.

A circular device featuring an Ouroboros (a serpent consuming its own tail). Inside the circle is an intricate calligraphic monogram, likely representing the initials of the author or the dedicatee. The entire image appears mirrored as show-through from the verso side.

BOLOGNA, from the Press of the Heirs of Domenico Barbieri. 1683. With the permission of the Superiors.

At the expense of Giuseppe Antonio David de Turinis.